Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Cabbage Lane [Westminster], Mary Statham, Halfpenny, 1664, 1.52g/7h (N 8650; BW. Middlesex 254); Castle Street [Piccadilly], Thomas White, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.32g/12h (N 8651, this piece; BW. 481); The Causey [High Holborn], Samuell Marstone, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.32g/12h (N –; BW. 2500) [3]. N 8651 fine but with surface flaws, others fair, all extremely rare, the only known issues for these locations £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: BW. 2500 bt G. Ward April 2013; N 8650 J.L. Wetton Collection; P.D. Greenall Collection [from J.L.W. 1981], Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 183 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; *N 8651 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 665 (part).

The Causey (an old term for Causeway) constituted the western end of High Holborn, towards St Giles